Geffen Records about to release album with Pope Benedict XVI singing

demoleft

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Sat Aug-01-09 04:08 AM
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Geffen Records about to release album with Pope Benedict XVI singing

Edited on Sat Aug-01-09 04:10 AM by demoleft

haha ;), well, not bad!
after Nirvana, Guns N'Roses and Counting Crows, the Geffen goes to heaven ;)

here it is:

"Pope Benedict XVI will be heard singing and speaking on an album to be released on the record label that was home to Nirvana and Guns N' Roses.

The pontiff is to release Alma Mater, an album of Lauretan litanies and prayers with musical accompaniment, through Geffen Records.

The album, which features the Pope using five different languages, will be released on 30 November.

The project came about after the label learned earlier this year that Benedict XVI had been working on an album with the Choir of the Philharmonic Academy of Rome."

BBC, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8175321.stm

ciao DUers

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saltpoint

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Sat Aug-01-09 04:09 AM
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1. The Pope's cover of "Honky Tonk Women" is to die for.

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Captain Hilts

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Sat Aug-01-09 04:11 AM
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2. You made my day!

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mtnester

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Sat Aug-01-09 05:01 AM
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3. Geffen is not stupid

it will make a fortune

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demoleft

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Sat Aug-01-09 05:10 AM
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4. no doubt. moreover, the Voice there will sing in 5 languages, if i'm not wrong. n/t

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Sat Aug-01-09 05:40 AM
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5. Live... from the Vatican...

And it was - it was the same thing with his record album. He was in Poland couple of months ago and he was just singin' some songs with these Polish students. Somebody must've had a cassette tape recorder. First thing, there's albums out all over Europe and now even in the United States. This is it. They said this has shipped double platinum. ... That's a lot of albums. And the Pope gets absolutely no percentage, no royalties from this whatsoever. And, you know, I hate to plug this album 'cause, you know, it bein' so bad to him, but the truth is, it's a pretty good album. ... The man can sing, he really can. ... I mean, he's no Smokey Robinson but ... if you like Polish folk songs, this is the album for you. ...

A lot of the Popes have made albums but none of 'em sold very well. Pope Paul VI, he had three albums out. The best seller -- but it was not hardly good seller at all, I don't think it even made the charts -- is what they call his "White Album" ... Came out in the early seventies. And it had a really nice poster inside of him. ... This one's kind of soiled 'cause I had it pinned up on my refrigerator for years. ... But my favorite Pope Paul VI album was his second album. Was called "The Second Collection." Well, this was the first Pope album that featured modern graphics. It's kind of psychedelic. ... I like it. He looks-- Kind of smiling there -- looks pretty good. ... My favorite Pope album of all, though, was made in 1955 by Pius XII. Kind of what you call an "oldie" nowadays. You know, Pius XII has gotten a lot of bad press. They say he was aristocratic. He thought he was better than everybody else. But, say what you want about him, the man made a very, very good album. Was called, "Here's Looking Down at You" ... It just never got the push that it should have but I hope now that there's more interest in Popes, they might reissue this one.

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/79/79aupdate.phtml

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Forkboy

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Sat Aug-01-09 10:11 AM
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6. That dude shreds on guitar! Can't wait to hear his blazing solos!!

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lame54

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Sat Aug-01-09 10:13 AM
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7. Live From Vatokan

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Sat Aug-01-09 10:17 AM
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8. Wir Fahren auf ....

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